Play vehicle



March 15, 1932.v c. w. WAAS PLAY VEHICLE Filed Aug. 14, 1929 INVENTORCha/Ties Y Vfaas Patented Mar. l5, 1.9.32`

-uNiTeoy STATES CHARLES W.VWAAS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA PLAY VEHICLEApplication led August 14, 1929. Serial 110,385,790. A

My invention relates to improvements in childrens play vehicles.

An object of my invention is to provide improvements in connection withthe handle and associated mechanism of the vehicle, whereby the handleis capable of removal, and double use, to transform the vehicle from onecharacter of use to another character of use, as in transforming it froma coaster n, wagon to a scooter.

This and other features of my invention will be more specifically setforth in the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view, shown partly broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line zo 3 3 of Figure 2, showing amodified construction of handle; and f Figure 4 is a View in vdetail ofthe front locking means for the handle shown in kFigure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents a vehicle bodysupported in a suitable manner upon front and rear axles 2 and 3, whichaxles support front and rear wheels 4 and 5. The rear axle 3 is shownsupported at the eXtreme rear of the vehicle body to prevent the bodytipping backward 1 when used as a scooter. To adapt my invention for useas a coaster, I provide the fcllowing mechanism:

Forwardly extending from the front aXle are the brace arms 6, said bracearms pivotally supporting, intermediate their front ends, by member 8.The socket member 8 is cylindrical in shape at its upper end and at itslower end square, as particularly illustrated in Figure 1. B representsa cylindrical handle having a squared lower end and in use the handle isinserted into the socket member 8, with the squared lower end of thehandle fitting into the squared lower end of the socket member toprevent turning of the handle.

To lock the handle in the socket member 8, I provide the followingmechanism:

means of a pivot 7 a socket -struction of handle.v

Supported upon one side ofthe socket member "8 is a spring 9, saidspring being formed withan outwardly projectingl finger gripping portion10, at its upper'free end. The springQ at its upper free end is formedupon its inner side with a lug ll'adapted to tit into notchv 12 inthelower end of the handle, the socket member 3 being formed withacorresponding notch to permit the lug passing through the socket memberand into` the notch in the handle. Consequently, when the handle isinserted in the socket` member 8,

the free upper end of the spring 9 will spring into locking engagementwith the handle.

To permit the vehicle being used as a scooter, I support, underneath thebody of the vehicle a short distance inside of its rear end, a socketmember 13, said socketmember being cylindrical at its upper end andsquared at its lower end to receive the squared lower end of thecylindrical handle, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Y The socket member 13has rotatable support underneath the vehicle and carries outwardlyextending arms 14 connected at their outer ends by links or .rods 15,with the front aille as shown in Figure 2. Supported underneath thevehicle body at the rear of the socket member 13 is a platform 16. Whenthe child uses the vehicle as' a scooter he stands upon the rearplatform 16,

ilacingone foot upon the rear platform 16.to push the vehicle, and, byturningthe handle B, turns the front axle to guide the vehicle iinordinary scooter fashion, or, the child may stand entirely upon the rearplatform in coasting` and in the same way steerv the ve-A hicle. y 1

In using the handleinserted in the front, the child may use the handleto pull the vehi i cle or sit in the body and steer it, in coasting, bythe handle. -r In Figures 3 and4 I showia modified con- In `this,construction the handle is made of two members, a cylindrical handleportion 17 and an end squared .5

portion. 18 connected by apivot 19. In u tilizing the handle shown inFigure 3, I utilize the modified construction of a front handlesupporting socket 20. The` socket 20 is fixedly supported between theends of the arm the handle, in the saine manner as the 'correspondingparts act in shown in Figure l.

In the use of the modified form shown in Figures 3 and 4, where thevehicle Vis used as a coaster with the rhandle supported in the frontend, the handle simply turns upon the pivot 19 into position for use,instead of the handle holding socket itself turning on a pivot.

Where my invention with the pivoted handle shown in Figure 3 is used asa scooter, the handle will be held in a straight position, as shown indotted lines in Figure 3, where the handle is forced far enough` down inthe socket to bring the hinged joint within the socket. The handle maybel raised inv the socket and yturned to the solid lineposition shown`in 'Figure 3, with the handle portion resting upon'the upwardlyextending end of thefront wallof the platform. The rotatthe constructionyability of the rear socket is secured as shown invFigure 3 by the upperend of the socket being formed with the flange 2li, the flange fittinginto a corresponding groove in the supportingplate 25 secured underneathlthe Vehicle body. y

One advantage of E'the 4arrangement of `lin'ks'i extending from4 theends of the Yarms 14.' to `the Y front aXle parallel lwith the lsides ofthe vehicle body is thatk the front wheels, when'turned to'a certainangle, will strike the link rods land prevent the wheels being turnedtoan angle that would cause the'vehicle to tip over.

By the useof my features of invention, las shown, I provide a combinedcoaster and 'scooter of great adaptability and one that permits vthe"chi'ldfgetting the extreme `of pleasure and use 1n coasting,scoot1ng,fan`d bein drawn 'and steered. B means of the construction andarrangement of the rear support for the removable handle in connectionwith` the rear supporting wheels, full protection is afforded againstthe vehicle tip- Iping over backward in using the rear'` plati form 16.

I claim Acoaster wagon comprising a body, an

axle liXedly v-connected to the -rear "ofsaid ing fork connected tothefront axle and having a pivotally mounted socket thereon, a

handle removably mounted in said socket, a vertical socket spacedforwardly of the rear wheels and rearwardly of the forward wheels, atransverse arm carried by said rear socket, link means connecting thesaid arms to the forward axle, each of said sockets hav ing` an interioraperture to receive an end of said handle and grip said handle againstrelative rotation thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

. CHARLES WV. WAAS.

